Marie Portolano’s documentary I’m not a bitch, I’m a journalist had the merit to raise awareness around sexism which sometimes rages in sports writing. The former journalist of Canal + handed his microphone to several of his sisters to evoke the misogynistic remarks and gestures of which they are victims in the exercise of their profession. This film with illuminating testimonies had strong repercussions, in particular for Pierre Ménès, targeted by an internal investigation of its channel, after various charges brought against him. But the author of this report regrets the overexposure of the chronicler of the Football Club Channel on this file and would like “the fight is not reduced to one man.” Especially since his ex-colleague would not be an isolated case. A certain Silvio Berlusconi had the unfortunate reputation of taking women for objects and using them as such in his television broadcasts. And the sexual escapades of the Italian politician did not help his notoriety …
“I was not his type at all”
Amanda Lear got to know the founder of Mediaset, she who worked for several years as a host on the group’s private channels. But unlike some of her sisters, the polymorphic artist never had to shirk the authority ofhe Cavaliere to reap the benefits. The one who was vaccinated against Covid-19 explained the reasons on the set of C to you, Friday March 26, 2021. “Berlusconi had a reputation for chasing dancers backstage, and he hasn’t changed anyway.”, she said, with her usual banter. “Me, I went through because I was not her type at all. He liked Italian women, very busty, with hair under their arms. ” And the always dapper muse of David Bowie took the opportunity to re-establish the truth around a nasty rumor. “I was not his type, everyone said to me ‘did you sleep with Berlusconi?’ but not at all, not at all! “, she asserted.
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